Author:
Nelson, Adam R. author.
ImprintChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Descriptionxv, 432 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Part I. From mercantilism to republicanism -- Hearts and purses -- Of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences -- "Bethesda College" and "Hampshire College" -- A center of intelligence -- The University of the State of Pennsylvania -- A bill for the more general diffusion of knowledge -- Part II. From republicanism to nationalism -- Educated in his own country -- Knowledge... has been the least of our importations -- An equal diffusion of literature -- Here, the human mind is in a state of fermentation -- The rights and duties of neutral states -- To supersede the necessity of sending the youth of this country abroad -- Part III. From nationalism to liberalism -- An essay on the best system of liberal education -- All the wisdom of the world -- University of North America -- Of the profits of the man of science -- The state offers very inconsiderable motives for the acquisition of knowledge -- A utopian dream.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-412) and index.
Note:"In this first volume of a planned trilogy that will recast the history of the university in a fresh and surprising light, Adam R. Nelson aims to show how knowledge itself was commodified, starting in the late eighteenth century. Nelson follows the market transformation in the age of revolutions to show how American colleges were drawn into transatlantic commercial relations. Fusing the history of higher education with the history of capitalism, Nelson opens up an array of questions: How do we distinguish between knowledge and education as goods? Are they public or private? What determines their prices? In the most fundamental sense, what is the optimal system of higher education in a capitalist democracy? The answers have jarring relevance today."-- Provided by publisher.
